Letter: Don't buy humbug that marijuana prohibition works

Letter writer Goldie Wood believes, “Medical Marijuana in Michigan is a Mess.” That’s her own opinion, and she is welcome to it. She is not entitled to manufacture her own facts to support that opinion.

Using a mishmash of factoids, fantasy and disconnected drug war talking points, Wood engages in typical Reefer Madness obfuscation before resorting to the last refuge of scoundrels — an appeal to save the children. As if cannabis prohibition actually protects children.

Don’t be hoodwinked by Wood’s humbug. The Michigan Medical Marijuana Act is working exactly the way it was intended. Tens of thousands of responsible and law-abiding adults are able to use the natural medicine they have found most helpful without having to fear arrest and ruination.

Following passage of the Medical Marijuana Act, sales moved from the streets and neighborhoods into well-lit, safe, taxpaying businesses. Or at least they did until Attorney General Bill Schuette closed them down and forced buyers and sellers into streets and the black market again. Talk about stimulating crime!